Dozens detained in Moscow as opposition demands to be included in vote

Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin addresses his supporters, next to a bas-relief of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, at a rally to protest against alleged violations ahead of elections to Moscow City Duma, the capital's regional parliament, in Moscow, Russia July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police in Moscow detained more than 25 protestors at a rally to demonstrate against a possible ban on opposition candidates running in elections to the Russian capital's parliament.

Opposition leaders cried foul after Moscow's election commission said most of their sponsored candidates failed to secure the required number of signatures to participate in the election.